Type-writer desk or table-top.



G. M.. GRIDER. TYPE WRITER DESK 0R TABLE TOP.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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GEORGE M. CRDEB, OF MARION, KENTUCKY.

TYPE-WRITER DESK 0R TABLE-TOP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, GEORGE M. CRIDER, citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Crittenden and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rllype- .Vriter Desks or Table-Tops, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention contemplates the construction of a desk or table top particularly designed for use in connection with typewriting machines and has for its objects the elimination of the shock and vibration of the machine consequent upon its operation, and to minimize the sound or noise produced by the action of the typewriter keys.

In ordinary typewriter desks or tables the base or support upon which the machine rests is positioned in such manner as to constitute a sounding board by which the sound or noise occasioned by the pounding action of the typewriter keys is increased. TWith the present invention, this objectionable feature is practically eliminated by the arrangement of suitable material orjpadding interposed between the adjacent desk sections and typewriting machine and by such an arrangement the sound is muffled to an appreciable extent whereby any number of machines may be operated within a confined space without detriment to the operators.

For a full understanding` of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved typewriter desk or table; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a modified table structure hereinafter described.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

For the purpose of illustration, an ordinary form of table is shown in which the numeral 1 designates t-he flat top section and 2 the legs or supports adapted to elevate said top section from the surface upon which it rests. The table top 1 is provided with an opening or recess 3 of any desired shape or formation, preferably rectangular, as shown,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 221, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Serial No. 464,202.

(Fig. 1.), and the edges of said top section defining the opening are covered with felt et or other material designed to form a yielding abutment for the edges of a support 5 loosely retained within the opening 3 and upon which a typewriting machine, (not shown) is designed to be placed. The typewriter support 5 is preferably covered on its upper side or face with fabric or felt 6, the covering material being turned and extended over the edges as indicated at 7 to form a more perfect yielding contact with the edges of the top 1 defining the opening 3.

The numeral 8 designates a base upon which the support is carried and securedl thereto as by screws, and oppositely arranged hangers 9 carried by the table are arranged to receive the extremities of the base and retain the typewriter support 5 in its proper relative position to the table top 1. rl`lie abutting or contacting surfaces of the base and table top and base and hangers are provided with -a covering vof suitably arranged'yielding material and as illustrated a layer of fabric or felt l10 is extended over the end edges and upon both sides of said base in such a manner as to form yielding contacting surfaces. The cooperating or contacting surfaces of the hangers 9 upon which the extremities of the base 8 `rest are lined with cottonbatting or other soft yielding material and covered with cloth 12. The yielding contact thus formed between the base and hangers will tend to absorb or take up vibratory movement transmitted to the base from the typewriter support 5 or the desk or table top 1.

A layer or section of cloth 13 is preferably interposed between the support 5 and base 8, and another cloth section 14 is secured to the under or exposed side of said base and is adapted to form a guard to prevent the garmentof an operator from becoming worn or otherwise injured from Contact with the smooth surface of the base.

As illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the hangers 9 .may be arranged upon the under side of the top section 1 in close proximity to the opening 3 and the typewriter support 5 retained or supported directly by said hangers, the contacting and abutting surfaces of the cooperating sections being covered with yielding material as previously indicated and referred to with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

l/Vith the arrangement of the several sections of a desk or table as shown, a typewriting machine when placed upon the support 5 is relieved of the vibration occasioned by its operation, and the sound or noise consequent upon the action of the typewriter keys is also efficiently taken up or deadened by the coperating and yielding contact surfaces of the relatively movable sections. The support 5 may be constructed of wood or other suitable material and provided with a yielding covering, or if desired may consist of rubber covered in a like manner and supported either directly or indirectly by the hangers 9.

The advantage of my invention resides in the fact that the typewriter supporting section 5 is completely isolated from the body of the table and yet is supported comparatively rigidly and with its upper face in the same plane with the upper face of the body of the table. The construction shown in Figs. l and 2 while less cheaply constructed than that shown in Fig. 3 is more advantageous owing to the fact that the typewriter supporting section 5 is held from either upward or downward vibration, whereas in the construction shown in Fig. 3 the typewriter supporting section merely rests upon the inwardly projecting supports l2.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

l. A typewriter desk or table'comprising a top section provided with a central opening, the edges of said opening covered with .a yielding material such as felt, legs upon which the top is supported, hangers carried on the underside of the table on either side of the opening, said hangers having inwardly projecting portions spaced from'the under side of the table, the inner face of said hangers being covered with'yielding material such as felt, and a supporting section extending between said hangers and supported thereon, said supporting sections being entirely covered with yielding material such as felt. f

Q. A typewriter desk or table comprising a top section provided with a central opening, the edges of said opening being covered' with yielding' material such as felt, legs upon which the top is supported, hangers carried on the under side of the table on either side of the opening, the inner face of said hangers being covered with yielding material such as felt, a base section support ed on said hangers and also covered with yielding material such as felt, and a typewriter supporting section having a covering of yielding material on its top and side edges carried within the opening in the table top and resting upon the base section.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. cninER. [L a] f Witnesses:

F. B. HEATH, L. J. RANDOLPH. 

